First up, the Heroes at the Criterion Collection have released a great blu-ray upgrade of both Richard Siodmak’s 1946 and Don Siegel’s 1964 versions of THE KILLERS (@BLUSALE). Both are based on the Ernest Hemingway story, and of course both are fantastic hard boiled adaptations. You could do a lot worse than two great noirs in the same Criterion package!

And we’d be fools to not mention one of our favorite unheralded gems. TRUCK TURNER (@BLUSALE) is one of the best blaxploitation movies ever made, starring Isaac Hayes (who also did the score, of course) as a bounty hunter who crosses paths with a vicious lady gangster (the amazing Nichelle Nichols). A heavy inspiration for Tarantino’s JACKIE BROWN, we promise it’s one of the coolest little movies you’ve never seen.

As for the rest, don’t forget to check out the following: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s daughter MAGGIE (BLU) is turning into a zombie. J-Lo literally enters the mind of a killer in THE CELL(@BLUSALE). SLOW WEST (BLU) is another in the trend of hypnotic revisionist westerns. Robot gladiators settle international scores in ROBOT JOX(@BLUSALE). Simon Pegg is a hitman in KILL ME THREE TIMES (BLU). THE CRIMSON CULT (@BLUSALE) features the irresistible team of Christopher Lee and Boris Karloff. That stolen artwork belongs to Helen Mirren in WOMAN IN GOLD (BLU). Your choice of serial killer madness: Italian style in SPASMO(@BLUSALE), or good old American nastiness in DERANGED(@BLUSALE). Lovecraft’s THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE(@BLUSALE) gets a cool indie adaptation. Arrow has Italian Pod-people extravaganza CONTAMINATION(@BLUSALE). For doc fans, THE MERCHANTS OF DOUBT (BLU) looks at so-called “experts” who manipulate the facts for some shady purposes. And on the TV front, we’ve got the new season of HOUSE OF CARDS (BLU), and the first run of the new version of POLDARK.

That’ll about do it for this week’s New Releases! We’ll be back as always next week with another fresh batch. Until then, happy browsing, renting, and buying. Remember, Scarecrow Video can’t survive without You!